the United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly
acts George. W. Bush called this event the Pearl Harbor of the 21st century
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we'll be learning more about the 911 attacks
the September 11 attacks on American soil with the result of years of bad
blood between the Western world and Al-Qaeda this militant terrorist group
was founded in the late nineteen eighties by Osama Bin Laden in an
attempt to rid the Muslim world of Western influence the group then carried
out numerous attacks they first attempted to kill American soldiers in
Yemen in 1992 Al-Qaeda hit on American soil in 1993 with the bombing of New
York City's World Trade Center more attacks followed but none was as
devastating as what happened in September 2001 at 8:46 a.m. on Tuesday
September eleven hijackers flew American airlines flight 11 into the North Tower
of Manhattan's world trade center and 9:02 United Airlines flight 175 flew into
itself tower and this was witnessed on live television by millions today we've
had a national tragedy two air planes have crashed into the World Trade Center
in an apparent terrorist attack on our country 35 minutes later
american airlines flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon in Virginia not long after
the World Trade Center began to collapse and many people remain trapped or
struggling to escape at 10:3 another hijacked flight crashed in a field in
Pennsylvania it was later discovered that united flight 93 was likely down by
a fight between the hijackers and passengers the plane's potential targets
were the US Capitol or the white house
by 10:30 am both World Trade Center towers had collapsed American airspace was
closed and high-profile buildings throughout the country were evacuated in
total almost 3,000 people died in these attacks including the 19 hijackers many
buildings near Ground Zero were destroyed or condemned New York's fire
and police departments were commended for their actions and both teams lost a
number of members patriotism soared following the attacks Americans
nationwide rally to donate blood and help with rescue efforts friendly
nations also helped and express solid arity with the United States as
people scrambled for answers of some of Bin Laden surface as a suspect
Al-Qaeda's connection to the crime resulted and arise and hate crimes
towards Middle Eastern people throughout the world immediately following these
attacks president George. W. Bush and New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani both
received high praise for their initial management of the situation these
terrorists cowards are not going to be allowed to break our spirit just weeks
after the attack bush declared a war on terror with the proposed goal of
eliminating the Al-Qaeda threat throughout the world every nation in
every region now has a decision to make
either you're with us
or you are with the terrorists this prompted the launch of Operation
Enduring Freedom on october seven 2001 when the United States first went to war
in Afghanistan this was based on the assumption that Al-Qaeda use that
country as a base of operations
two years later the u.s. invaded Iraq looking for weapons of mass destruction
these controversial conflict continued as Americans mark the 10th anniversary
of 911 at home the Bush administration introduce the patriot act in October
2001 this facilitated intelligence-gathering on those
suspected of terrorist ties and was criticized in the years after its
enactment 911's pervasive consequences spread to the financial markets when the
new york stock exchange finally reopened a week after the attacks the dow jones
had dropped drastically also the struggling airline industry saw
increased regulations and security promote a climate of fear
meanwhile numerous health problems plague rescue workers and others who had
inhaled toxic substances during the attacks the US government eventually ok
to build in December 2010 that allocated funds to treat these issues and slowly
but surely the ground zero site was rebuilt a memorial and museum were
erected on site however controversy arose in 2009 surrounding a proposed
Muslim community center two blocks from the site
this was nicknamed the ground 0 mosque despite the fact it was neither at
Ground Zero nor musk the debate suggested that although years had passed
wounds regarding 911 had not yet healed that healing process was aided by
president barack obama's May First 2011 announcement that Osama Bin Laden had
been captured and killed by American forces while hiding in Pakistan and on
nights like this one we can say to those families who have lost loved ones to
Al-Qaeda's terror justice has been done the news prompted celebrations and
helped close a painful chapter in the history of the United States